Climate in Therapy  

Film screening and discussion
co-hosted by Arts and Knowledges / Society and Sustainability and the Climate Change Resilience Center (CC:R), University of Salzburg 

Seven climate scientists meet in to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty offer a way forward? 

Climate in Therapy is a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists engage in group therapy. Here they confront an academic taboo and a hitherto unknown area of research: their own emotions. Therapist Richard Beck faces a tricky task with the scientists, who are much better at talking about natural disasters than at confronting what’s burning inside themselves. But who knows, maybe climate disaster can be faced more effectively if the knots in ourselves can be untied? 

Film director Nathan Grossman is an award-winning Swedish documentary director known for his focus on social and environmental issues. Climate in Therapy is his third feature-length documentary, following his critically acclaimed debut I Am Greta (2020) and Debt Fever (2024). 

Film duration: 65 min 

The film will be shown in English with German subtitles. 

Following the film, there will be a moderated discussion in English and German. 

Registration: roswitha.gabriel@plus.ac.at 

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